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they fall at times during unpop you you already a wars vietnam iraq. now i think the fall the tumble and the concern is gridlock. people are very concerned that government isn't getting anywhere. two statistics stand out to me from this election. only 25% have a favorable view of congress. 90% of the penal who ran for reelection got reelected and that is the nature -- that's the source of the frustration. >> woodruff: and picking up on what al gore was saying, the way the system now works with so much money with money having so much of an influence it will be interesting to see whether -- to what extent that affects people's views. >> well i think that people will -- are at the boiling point when it comes to -- we're not getting what we want out of washington. quote/unquote something's got to give somewhere along the line. public patience is not endless. but the issue of gerrymandering, the issue of money, there are all of these other factors that complicate things. >> woodruff: andy kohut who has been watching these questions for years and will contin
they fall at times during unpop you you already a wars vietnam iraq. now i think the fall the tumble and the concern is gridlock. people are very concerned that government isn't getting anywhere. two statistics stand out to me from this election. only 25% have a favorable view of congress. 90% of the penal who ran for reelection got reelected and that is the nature -- that's the source of the frustration. >> woodruff: and picking up on what al gore was saying, the way the system now works...
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karnow first went to vietnam early in the conflict, 1958, for "time" magazine. he covered the war on and off over the next two decades. his reporting culminated in "vietnam: a history" which went along with a pbs documentary on the war. he also won a pulitzer prize in 1990 for a book on the philippines. stanley karnow was 87 years old. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: and we turn to the upheaval in egypt, coming two years after the revolt that lead to the toppling of president hosni mubarak. jeffrey brown has our story. >> brown: political violence ravaged egypt for a fifth day after a weekend that saw more than 50 people killed. in cairo, protestors threw rocks and gasoline bombs at riot police. police in turn fired tear gas into the crowds who oppose president mohammed morsi and his islamist dominated government. >> what's happening here in the country is really shameful. destroying the city is not fair. but at the same time the way the police treat people makes tensions heavier because all decisions by morsi's governm
karnow first went to vietnam early in the conflict, 1958, for "time" magazine. he covered the war on and off over the next two decades. his reporting culminated in "vietnam: a history" which went along with a pbs documentary on the war. he also won a pulitzer prize in 1990 for a book on the philippines. stanley karnow was 87 years old. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: and we turn to the upheaval in egypt, coming two years after...
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in combat, where he saved his brother's life and his brother saved him after he requested to go to vietnam with orders he enlisted in the army chuck hagel with orders to germany instead insisted on going to vietnam. he said that there he vowed that he would make sure the united states did to the go into wars without thought reflection and all the elements to it. and that has been the hallmark of his for own policy. it's always dangerous judy in this town to be right on matters in which the established authorities are wrong. and if the established authorities are absolutely wrong about the nuclear capable and capacity of iraq. chuck hagel raised red flags about that at the timement even though de vote for the war. he publicly went on. and so i think there are questions about himment but he's a republican. a bipartisanship. it brings i think credibility. i just think there is a lot of strength and plus he's an interesting and thoughtful man. >> a lot of strength. >> i more or less agree with that. first on three subjects. first his integrity. i spent a lot of time with him during the iraq wa
in combat, where he saved his brother's life and his brother saved him after he requested to go to vietnam with orders he enlisted in the army chuck hagel with orders to germany instead insisted on going to vietnam. he said that there he vowed that he would make sure the united states did to the go into wars without thought reflection and all the elements to it. and that has been the hallmark of his for own policy. it's always dangerous judy in this town to be right on matters in which the...
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today, kerry looked back on his public career, starting with his service in vietnam and as a leading anti-war figure. in the senate, he focused on foreign policy, and was his party's nominee for president in 2004. >> eight years ago, i admit i had a slightly different plan to leave the senate. but 61 million americans voted they want me to stay with you. staying here i learned about humility, and i learned sometimes the greatest lesson comes not from victory, but from dusting yourself off. >> holman: in boston today, the governor of massachusetts tapped william "mo" cowan-- a former aide to the governor-- as interim senator. cowan will become the second black member of this senate. cowan said he has no plans to run in the june special election to fill the remaining 18 months of kerry's term. donor countries pledged more than $1.5 billion today, in humanitarian aid for syria. about a billion of the total will go to help neighboring countries who are hosting refugees. the rest will go to aid syrians displaced inside their country. at the conference in kuwait, u.n. secretary-general ban
today, kerry looked back on his public career, starting with his service in vietnam and as a leading anti-war figure. in the senate, he focused on foreign policy, and was his party's nominee for president in 2004. >> eight years ago, i admit i had a slightly different plan to leave the senate. but 61 million americans voted they want me to stay with you. staying here i learned about humility, and i learned sometimes the greatest lesson comes not from victory, but from dusting yourself...
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for more on the troop levels after 2014 we get two views: bing west fought in the vietnam war with the marines and served as assistant secretary of defense during the reagan administration. he's traveled frequently to afghanistan and authored eight books including "the wrong war: grit, strategy and the way out of afghanistan." and celeste ward gventer was a deputy assistant secretary of defense in 2006 and 2007. she also served as an advisor to u.s. political and military leaders in iraq. she's now at the university of texas in austin. and we thank you both for joining us. bing west to you first, is it a good idea to even be considering going to zero troops after 2014? >> judy, i think it's nuts. i think it was a highly injudicious statement. our troops are still fighting there. our senior general just came in and offered three options. the midpoint option after 2014 was 12,000 troops. i don't see what the white house gains by making an off-the-cuff statement, well, maybe we will just make it zero. our troops are still in combat. the people who enjoy a statement like that are the talib
for more on the troop levels after 2014 we get two views: bing west fought in the vietnam war with the marines and served as assistant secretary of defense during the reagan administration. he's traveled frequently to afghanistan and authored eight books including "the wrong war: grit, strategy and the way out of afghanistan." and celeste ward gventer was a deputy assistant secretary of defense in 2006 and 2007. she also served as an advisor to u.s. political and military leaders in...
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several prominent lawmakers including republican senator john mccain-- himself a victim of torture in the vietnam war-- criticized the film for suggesting that such methods were helpful in finding bin laden. mccain spoke on cnn. >> first of all, the brutality depicted there is very disturbing. the moral of the story is that torture does not work. it is hateful, it is harmful, incredibly harmful to the united states of america. and to somehow make people believe that it was responsible for the elimination of osama bin laden is in my view unacceptable. >> reporter: mccain and democratic senator dianne feinstein, who heads the senate intelligence committee, sent two letters to the acting c.i.a. director, demanding to know what information the agency had provided the filmmakers. at a washington d.c. screening tuesday night, protestors dressed as detainees outside the newseum showed their objections, while inside, the filmmakers, who have said they deplore torture, told the "newshour" the dramatized account was intended to highlight an extraordinary intelligence effort. >> everybody's entitled to thei
several prominent lawmakers including republican senator john mccain-- himself a victim of torture in the vietnam war-- criticized the film for suggesting that such methods were helpful in finding bin laden. mccain spoke on cnn. >> first of all, the brutality depicted there is very disturbing. the moral of the story is that torture does not work. it is hateful, it is harmful, incredibly harmful to the united states of america. and to somehow make people believe that it was responsible for...
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reporter: indeed, kerry first appeared before the senate foreign relations committee in 1971, as a vietnam veteran challenging senators over the war. >> we cannot fight communism all over the world and i think we should have learnt that lesson by now. >> reporter: now, the massachusetts democrat chairs the committee, and he warned today that the u.s. must put its fiscal house in order, to lead in the age of an emerging china and the arab awakening. >> it is urgent that we show people in the rest of the world that we can get our business done in an effective and timely way. every day that goes by where america is uncertain about engaging in that arena or unwilling to put our best foot forward and win, unwilling to demonstrate our resolve to lead is a day in which we weaken our nation itself. >> reporter: as secretary of state, kerry would face the thorny issue of iran and its nuclear program. he said today he is totally committed to enforcing sanctions. >> we must resolve the questions surrounding iran's nuclear program. the president has made it definitive; we will do what we must do to pr
reporter: indeed, kerry first appeared before the senate foreign relations committee in 1971, as a vietnam veteran challenging senators over the war. >> we cannot fight communism all over the world and i think we should have learnt that lesson by now. >> reporter: now, the massachusetts democrat chairs the committee, and he warned today that the u.s. must put its fiscal house in order, to lead in the age of an emerging china and the arab awakening. >> it is urgent that we show...